Sabres Lose All-Star Vanek for 3-4 Weeks

Buffalo Sabres All-Star Thomas Vanek will be sidelined three to four weeks after having surgery Sunday to repair a fractured jaw.

Vanek, whose 32 goals ranks third in the league, was hurt in thefirst period Saturday night in Ottawa after being struck in theface by a slap shot by Senators defenseman Anton Volchenkov.

The Austrian native clutched his bloodied mouth and immediatelyskated off the ice and into the Sabres dressing room.

The injury comes just as the Sabres appear to be hitting theirstride. They've won two of their last three, and are 11-5-1 intheir last 17 games to move into seventh place in the EasternConference, three points ahead of eighth-place Carolina.

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